Vv. 13-16. THE Joy oF TITUS IN THE TIDINGS HE BROUGHT. Chrysostom notes the tact which leads St. Paul to communicate this so emphatically ; Titus was going back to Corinth on the busi- ness of the collection (viii. 6, 16, 23), and it was very desirable that he should be well received there.—émi δὲ τῇ παρα- κλήσει ἡμῶν περισσοτέρως μᾶλλον k.T.A.: and in addition to this comfort of ours we rejoiced the more exceedingly (cf. νετ. 7, and for the double comparative cf. Mark vii. 36, Phil. i. 23) at (for the constr. χαίρειν ἐπὶ εΓ. 1 Cor. xiii. 6, xvi. 17, etc.) the joy of Titus, because his spirit hath been refreshed by you all (cf. the some- what similar use of ἀπό in chap. ii. 3, Matt. xi. το, Acts ii. 22), Both here and at ver. 15 πάντων is emphasised by its position before ὑμῶν; Titus was well received by all at Corinth, and it seems to be implied at xii. 18 that he left a favourable impression upon them αἱ],
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27, Xi. 4,5,
22; chap οὐ ” κατῃσχύνθην " ἀλλ᾽ ὡς πάντα 3 ἐν ἀληθείᾳ ἐλαλήσαμεν ὑμῖν, z Rell i.12. οὕτω καὶ ἡ " καύχησις ἡμῶν ' ἡ ’ ἐπὶ ὃ Τίτου ἀλήθεια ἐγενήθη 15.
a Reff. vi.12.
vx Cor. iv. καὶ τὰ "σπλάγχνα αὐτοῦ περισσοτέρως εἰς ὑμᾶς ἐστιν, " ἀναμιμνη-
17;2 Tim.
᾿ ἐδέξασθε αὐτόν.
» Ss: Phil. ii. 12; Isa. xix. 16. d See on iv. 8.
σκομένου τὴν mdvtwr" ὑμῶν ὑπακοὴν, ὡς μετὰ “φόβου καὶ “τρόμου 16. χαίρω ὅτι “ ἐν ' παντὶ " θαῤῥῶ ἐν ὑμῖν. ε Reff. v. 6.
16, g, the Peshitto and Bohairic give the order κεκ. νπ. ἡμων. 2 CG, g, the Harclean and Bohairic have παντοτε for παντα.
3 CDEP, d, e, f place υμιν before ev αληθ.
* BF have νµων for ἡμῶν.
5ΝΒ om. ἡ before επι (so Tisch, and W.H.).
® DEGP have προς Τιτον.
Ver. 14. ὅτι εἴ τι κιτιλ.: for if in anything I have gloried to him on your behalf, τ.ε., have boasted of you (cf. ix. 2, xii. 5), 1 was not put to shame, sc., by the vanity of my boasting being exposed; but as we spake all things to you in truth (this he is continually insisting on, ¢.g., at i. 18, ii. 17, iv. 2, etc.), so our gloryin also, viz., that made before Titus (cf. Mark xiii. 9 for ἐπί with the gen.), was found (not ‘is found" as A.V., but “ was found” as at 1 Cor. i. 30) to be truth.
Ver. 15. καὶ τὰ σπλάγχνα κ.τ.λ.: and his heart is more abundantly towards you, while he recalls to himself the obedi- ence of you all, how with fear (see reff. and cf. Matt. xxviii. 8, 1 Pet. iil. 15, for μετὰ φόβον) and trembling you received him. He had brought a stern message, which involved the excommunication of the unworthy member (1 Cor. v. 5); it was no wonder that they trembled at his coming.
Ver. 16. χαίρω ὅτι κ.τ.λ.; 1 rejoice that in everything I am of good courage (not as A.V. “ I have confidence,” which would be πέποιθα) concerning you.
II. The Collection for the Judzan Christians (viii. 1-ix. 15). e have now come to the second main topic of the Epistle, viz., the collection to be made at Corinth, as in all the Christian com- munities which the Apostle had founded, on behalf of the poor Christians at Judwa (chaps. viii. and ix.). We first hear of this great undertaking at 1 Cor. xvi. 1, but it is plain from that passage as well as from 2 Cor. viii. 10, ix. 2, that it had been organised some time before 1 Cor. was written. (See Introd., p. 6.) The poverty of the Christians at Jerusalem, however caused, was evidently acute ; and when St. Paul first parted from the Twelve